More people are gonna die if he finds Meela missing.
JoelEXT4
*Evil Laughter
Dai
(Flames) has an excellent point. There-for…
How are you going to talk your way out of this one, Jyaku? And please don’t say you can just ORDER Feral to not go after her. (It usually doesn’t work like that)
I’m sure meela will be fine on her own but holland and jyuka are both right. Jyuka’s is right because meela needs to find her own path and Holland is right because Hunters may come for her again. Can’t wait till.next Friday *sits in a corner*
If this were a cartoon, I would cast Todd Haberkorn as Holland, Brittney Karbowski/Luci Christian as Meela, Robert McCollum as Jyaku and Colleen Clinkenbeard as Piper. Feral pre-mutism would be Ian Sinclair/Eric Vale and Malkar would be Troy Baker/J. Michael Tatum
After listening to various voices that each of those actors have done, I can’t picture any that would fit our characters >_>;
I can only imagine Jyaku having a voice like Liam Neeson.
How about either David Kaye or Michael Daingerfield? (The voices of Sesshomaru in InuYasha and InuYasha: The Final Act, respectively.) Or Sonny Strait in “Roy Mustang” mode?
Some Gay Guy
Mustang’s voiced by Travis Willingham, not Sonny Strait. And not Vic Mignogna. Honestly idk why someone with a sexual harrassment record hasn’t been fired yet… Anyways. (that said Vic’s a good actor and I love Fai/Fye from Tsubasa. My fave chracter and one of my fave series.) Anyways. For Holland…. Crispian Freeman mayhaps. I LOVE THAT LIAM NEESON IDEA THO.
*Throws Holland out of ACF corner.*
GO GET MEELA. DO YOU NEED A WHEELCHAIR? WE WILL GET YOU A WHEELCHAIR. JUST STOP MEELS BEFORE SHE CRUSHES OUR FEELS.
(Meels is my nickname for her.)
:33< *ac attaches a jet pack to Holland* Don't listen to Deer-Brain! Just go get Meela!!! *waves salute as she goes back to the ACF corner where Flames is and eats Oreos, AKA the Cookies of Sadness and Feels*
THE FEELS!!!!! THE FEELS!!!!! THE FEELS!!!!!!! OMG THE FEELS!!!!! Holland! Plz stop moving! You will only make your wounds worse! Wait for Jyaku to heal you, then take off for Meela! Jyaku U R Shunned By Me until further notice. I know it is for the good of Feral and Meela… But STILL!!!!!!
*Goes into darkest ACF corner and whimpers,* Poor poor holland and meela and feral (when he wakes up)
*Brings chocolate chip blueberry muffins*
Noo! Poor Holland >^<
Though I am curious where Meela will go :o
FireApplez
The feels… they’re going to outnumber us soon enough… we need to expand. We must lead an expedition to the other corners. Convert them to our cause…
Nishikikouji
I DECLARE WAR ON THE FEELS
It will be a horrible war, one with many casualties. But it is worth it. We fight for the hope that one day, someday, we will have wonderful, fluffy moments again.
There is something wrong with Jyaka. He really has some kind of problem with compassion. I know people like that. While they provide well for their kids’ physical needs, they make rather lousy parents.
Haha. “Cease your futile efforts.” I’m going to start saying that.
On a more serious note, Holland is SUCH a mother. Celesse’s comment about parents fighting over the children is pretty accurate. They both have legit points, but really we all know that Holland is right. And what if Meela looses control again? Who would be able to calm her down? Yes it might be best for her and Feral not to be around each other with their unstable natures but Holland and Meela would be fine together…. And Feral needs Meela. She’s better for him than she is bad for him.
Grumpy Jyaku is just being grumpy.
Whether Jyaku is grumpy or not doesn’t really matter. He didn’t make Meela leave and is probably only telling Holland to be quiet for his sake (i.e. so he doesn’t hurt himself further by trying to walk or something). In fact, the issue that made Meela want to leave was the knowledge that Feral, even if he was under Mal’s control at the time, killed her father and brother. None of what Jyaku said really had anything to do with it. He may have encouraged her to leave, but her decision was her own, so there’s no reason to put any blame on him. The one who caused her to want to leave is Malkar.
In other words, Conebutt the Destroyer is still a jerkface, years after trying to kill his best friend, not hesitating to tell a frightened little girl that he butchered her daddy and big bro before her very eyes.
Jyaku sounds a little species-ist towards Meela’s “kind”. Just saying. I realize she can dangerous, but anyone can learn control.. I mean, c’mon. Look at poor Holland’s face!
Yeah, but the ones best qualified to teach her how to control it would be other half-demons, plus they would be the ones to show the most acceptance of her. Sure, Feral is a social outcast and that is how he and Meela were able to stay together for as long as they have, but she really can’t be part of normal society, so if she isn’t with Feral and still isn’t strong enough to survive alone, she would indeed be better off with other half-demons. I believe that Holland is thinking logically like this, not being bigoted. If he were a bigot, he wouldn’t have lifted a finger to help the corrupted Yuen/Feral.
Also, neither Holland nor Jyaku can be around 24/7. No doubt he is thinking of this. What if Meela went into her demon form and the overflow caused Mal to take over when none of the others were even around? That scenario may be unlikely, but it isn’t impossible and the thought of that is, I expect, what is driving Jyaku to encourage Meela to leave.
And now we know why Jyaku didn’t heal Holland already. He knew Holland would try to stop Meela, and Holland’s unconscious time gave Jyaku time enough to tell Meela a few things. And Jyaku is a jerk.
Jyaku’s not really being a jerk… he’s being a realist… as far as he sees it. That doesn’t mean things can’t work out but he is trying to weigh in all the factors. Meela really does need to find her own kind… if they exist… to help her learn about her nature and how to hide it and how to use it.
They definitely exist. There’s a collective distrust and even hatred for half-demons and in most instances they are spoken of in a collective way that would suggest there is actually a fair number of them. But they live in hiding because mercenaries like Feral are hired to hunt them down and kill them, so it would be quite the challenge for Meela to find any.
I agree with Rhys. He was doing what he believed was in both Meela’s and Feral’s best interests, even if he had to do it the “tough love” way. What’s more, it wasn’t anything he said that made Meela decide to leave. Meela decided to leave of her own accord after learning that “Feral” (Mal) killed her family. She needs time on her own to process that and hence her decision to leave. Jyaku is enabling her to leave, but he didn’t -make- her leave. Holland’s over-protectiveness is understandable, but unwise. He doesn’t seem to realize that Mal almost killed Meela before Jyaku arrived. Had he been delayed even one more minute, or had Mal not felt the need to inform Meela about his prior murder of her family (that jerk), Meela would have been dead.
After experiencing that kind of trauma, if I was in Meela’s position, I’d want to be on my own for a while, too, even if Jyaku hadn’t said a word. She’s a strong girl for not having had a complete mental breakdown by this point, actually.
The fact that Holland is trying to go after her in his condition is rather heart breaking.
Also, in the second to last panel, Holland reminds me of this scene from Avatar the Last Airbender: https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpombdbUjS1qceiz6o2_500.gif
I think his character is similar: innocent childhood, son of a leader, a dark past that leads to a scarred face, afterwords he gets a bit rage-y, becomes friends with someone he hunted in the past, but still remaining angsty, internal battle between good and evil… and he’s got dark hair and is a good fighter.
I don’t know if I would say they LOOK similar though… the art styles are different enough that it’s hard for me to gauge if they would look similar in real life.
Goldmare
I agree that they are rather similar characters (I expect Feral would yell a lot, too, if he could). But I don’t think they would look alike, even drawn by the same artist, because Zuko has a more slender face and pale skin. Plus, there’s the natural racial differences (eyes, ears, etc.). They don’t even have the same eye colour.
106 thoughts on “Page 353”
Riku
D: Holland, baby! I can practically hear his desperate voice ;_;
Guys! Keep voting for Strays on TopWebComics! This comic deserves to be in the top 10, at the very least!
MonicaNG
OH!! D: Poor Holland! :,(
nounbeast
Oh, oh Holland. :( He knows it’s true but that’s not good enough, it’s just not good enough.
Feral’s gonna have a problem with this. A big one.
Miao I'm teh cat
And where is feral right now? DYING ON THE FREAKING GROUND
Flames
More people are gonna die if he finds Meela missing.
JoelEXT4
*Evil Laughter
Dai
(Flames) has an excellent point. There-for…
How are you going to talk your way out of this one, Jyaku? And please don’t say you can just ORDER Feral to not go after her. (It usually doesn’t work like that)
Elvira
Ohbird man…. Bring our girl home
HelloKity
“Prince”, “Horald”, “Swan guy”… there’re a lot of ways to call him, but birdman? XD
Elvira
i always call him birdman. :D
winterrose111
I’m sure meela will be fine on her own but holland and jyuka are both right. Jyuka’s is right because meela needs to find her own path and Holland is right because Hunters may come for her again. Can’t wait till.next Friday *sits in a corner*
AmberOne
If this were a cartoon, I would cast Todd Haberkorn as Holland, Brittney Karbowski/Luci Christian as Meela, Robert McCollum as Jyaku and Colleen Clinkenbeard as Piper. Feral pre-mutism would be Ian Sinclair/Eric Vale and Malkar would be Troy Baker/J. Michael Tatum
Ulalume
I dunno…I can’t help but hear Holland as voiced by Vic Mignogna.
Holo
Yes! Someone else hears his voice! And the mommy and daddy line just makes me think of Tsubasa…
Algy
After listening to various voices that each of those actors have done, I can’t picture any that would fit our characters >_>;
I can only imagine Jyaku having a voice like Liam Neeson.
reynard61
How about either David Kaye or Michael Daingerfield? (The voices of Sesshomaru in InuYasha and InuYasha: The Final Act, respectively.) Or Sonny Strait in “Roy Mustang” mode?
Some Gay Guy
Mustang’s voiced by Travis Willingham, not Sonny Strait. And not Vic Mignogna. Honestly idk why someone with a sexual harrassment record hasn’t been fired yet… Anyways. (that said Vic’s a good actor and I love Fai/Fye from Tsubasa. My fave chracter and one of my fave series.) Anyways. For Holland…. Crispian Freeman mayhaps. I LOVE THAT LIAM NEESON IDEA THO.
SEZwho
Now I can only imagine Jyaku with Liam Neeson’s voice, lol nice!
Viola
how about Morgan Freeman plays all of them.
YOyo
bruh
DawnStar
Even Meela. O.O
XD But really though, now all I can imagine is Meela talking with Morgan Freeman’s voice! lol
Frogsnack
But nobody’s a lion in this!
IrondragonMetals
Go Liam Neeson! Go!
AmberOne
Please hurry and get this animated! I can’t wait!
Miao I'm teh cat
If Meels goes feral goes D:< "I KILL ALL" rage mode. Sorry Jyaku even though your sexy you can't do that
Banderi
AMAZING comic! Read all in one go!
And I love Don Bluth too, so Meela is, like, the cutest thing ever! :DDD
Flames
*Throws Holland out of ACF corner.*
GO GET MEELA. DO YOU NEED A WHEELCHAIR? WE WILL GET YOU A WHEELCHAIR. JUST STOP MEELS BEFORE SHE CRUSHES OUR FEELS.
(Meels is my nickname for her.)
Green-Cat
:33< *ac attaches a jet pack to Holland* Don't listen to Deer-Brain! Just go get Meela!!! *waves salute as she goes back to the ACF corner where Flames is and eats Oreos, AKA the Cookies of Sadness and Feels*
someone
Can I have a cookie of sadness and feels :'(
FireApplez
Have mine, I can survive on Jaffa Cakes instead. For I AM BIG, STRONG, INDEPENDENT PErson, that… *sniff* Meela come back please.
Nishikikouji
I bring some Rocky Road ice cream… because that’s what we’re going through right now ;-; *uses Stun Spore on Meela* There. Now Holland can catch you.
Not Me
::takes up residency in ACF corner and cries::
DozerTheDozerian
Holland seems to enjoy taking care of demons. :) Oh, well, I’m not the one to speak, I’d also like having a pet demon…
Frankie
OMG I am soooo hoping that Holland is in love with Meela!
Some Gay Guy
Pretty sure that’s illegal in most countries.
Tara
… Seriously? I’m pretty sure he thinks of himself as more of a father or uncle figure to her man.
Dai
Maybe he meant Parental love…?
Not Me
yeah…
AlkseeyaKC
I would do the same, Holland. T^T
GoMeela
THE FEELS!!!!! THE FEELS!!!!! THE FEELS!!!!!!! OMG THE FEELS!!!!! Holland! Plz stop moving! You will only make your wounds worse! Wait for Jyaku to heal you, then take off for Meela! Jyaku U R Shunned By Me until further notice. I know it is for the good of Feral and Meela… But STILL!!!!!!
*Goes into darkest ACF corner and whimpers,* Poor poor holland and meela and feral (when he wakes up)
RainbowS0cks
I bring cookies and milk to this ACF meeting.
-Pats your back- it will be okay. I’m sure that Holland will be able to talk hee out of running away again.
Clover
*Brings chocolate chip blueberry muffins*
Noo! Poor Holland >^<
Though I am curious where Meela will go :o
FireApplez
The feels… they’re going to outnumber us soon enough… we need to expand. We must lead an expedition to the other corners. Convert them to our cause…
Nishikikouji
I DECLARE WAR ON THE FEELS
It will be a horrible war, one with many casualties. But it is worth it. We fight for the hope that one day, someday, we will have wonderful, fluffy moments again.
GoMeela
*sniffles* I hope so. *takes a cookie, and dips it in milk* one more week to go…
Dotcom
There is something wrong with Jyaka. He really has some kind of problem with compassion. I know people like that. While they provide well for their kids’ physical needs, they make rather lousy parents.
Paula
Right now I am completely <3 <3 <3 with Holland and Meela. They are the cutest things ever.
JeremyRedhead
It seems to me that Jyaku is having some difficulty healing Feral…
Francheska
omg my heart is breaking awwww.
Goldmare
Resistance is futile.
/shot
Not Me
( Is there a drinking game? )
Kayla
Looks to me like Holland just needs to let her…leave the nest…:3
Goldmare
That was worse than my comment! XD
Please take your unofficial like. :D
KaelinaLuvsLomaris
Haha. “Cease your futile efforts.” I’m going to start saying that.
On a more serious note, Holland is SUCH a mother. Celesse’s comment about parents fighting over the children is pretty accurate. They both have legit points, but really we all know that Holland is right. And what if Meela looses control again? Who would be able to calm her down? Yes it might be best for her and Feral not to be around each other with their unstable natures but Holland and Meela would be fine together…. And Feral needs Meela. She’s better for him than she is bad for him.
Grumpy Jyaku is just being grumpy.
Goldmare
Whether Jyaku is grumpy or not doesn’t really matter. He didn’t make Meela leave and is probably only telling Holland to be quiet for his sake (i.e. so he doesn’t hurt himself further by trying to walk or something). In fact, the issue that made Meela want to leave was the knowledge that Feral, even if he was under Mal’s control at the time, killed her father and brother. None of what Jyaku said really had anything to do with it. He may have encouraged her to leave, but her decision was her own, so there’s no reason to put any blame on him. The one who caused her to want to leave is Malkar.
In other words, Conebutt the Destroyer is still a jerkface, years after trying to kill his best friend, not hesitating to tell a frightened little girl that he butchered her daddy and big bro before her very eyes.
LicianDragon
I love Holland’s face in the fourth panel! It’s heartbreaking seeing his reaction to Meela leaving and I really hope they get her back soon. T-T
Foxxtrot
Jyaku sounds a little species-ist towards Meela’s “kind”. Just saying. I realize she can dangerous, but anyone can learn control.. I mean, c’mon. Look at poor Holland’s face!
Goldmare
Yeah, but the ones best qualified to teach her how to control it would be other half-demons, plus they would be the ones to show the most acceptance of her. Sure, Feral is a social outcast and that is how he and Meela were able to stay together for as long as they have, but she really can’t be part of normal society, so if she isn’t with Feral and still isn’t strong enough to survive alone, she would indeed be better off with other half-demons. I believe that Holland is thinking logically like this, not being bigoted. If he were a bigot, he wouldn’t have lifted a finger to help the corrupted Yuen/Feral.
Also, neither Holland nor Jyaku can be around 24/7. No doubt he is thinking of this. What if Meela went into her demon form and the overflow caused Mal to take over when none of the others were even around? That scenario may be unlikely, but it isn’t impossible and the thought of that is, I expect, what is driving Jyaku to encourage Meela to leave.
Goldmare
I meant to say that JYAKU is thinking logically like this, not Holland. Holland is not employing logic here at all, lol. XD
Sofy
The feels are..too much………. /dies
Fuschia
*Revives you* If you die know your’ll die sad. You need to stay alive so you can die when it gets better!
Tarnagh
And now we know why Jyaku didn’t heal Holland already. He knew Holland would try to stop Meela, and Holland’s unconscious time gave Jyaku time enough to tell Meela a few things. And Jyaku is a jerk.
RhysTalCernunnos
Jyaku’s not really being a jerk… he’s being a realist… as far as he sees it. That doesn’t mean things can’t work out but he is trying to weigh in all the factors. Meela really does need to find her own kind… if they exist… to help her learn about her nature and how to hide it and how to use it.
Goldmare
They definitely exist. There’s a collective distrust and even hatred for half-demons and in most instances they are spoken of in a collective way that would suggest there is actually a fair number of them. But they live in hiding because mercenaries like Feral are hired to hunt them down and kill them, so it would be quite the challenge for Meela to find any.
Goldmare
I agree with Rhys. He was doing what he believed was in both Meela’s and Feral’s best interests, even if he had to do it the “tough love” way. What’s more, it wasn’t anything he said that made Meela decide to leave. Meela decided to leave of her own accord after learning that “Feral” (Mal) killed her family. She needs time on her own to process that and hence her decision to leave. Jyaku is enabling her to leave, but he didn’t -make- her leave. Holland’s over-protectiveness is understandable, but unwise. He doesn’t seem to realize that Mal almost killed Meela before Jyaku arrived. Had he been delayed even one more minute, or had Mal not felt the need to inform Meela about his prior murder of her family (that jerk), Meela would have been dead.
After experiencing that kind of trauma, if I was in Meela’s position, I’d want to be on my own for a while, too, even if Jyaku hadn’t said a word. She’s a strong girl for not having had a complete mental breakdown by this point, actually.
unorthodox_yoyo
The fact that Holland is trying to go after her in his condition is rather heart breaking.
Also, in the second to last panel, Holland reminds me of this scene from Avatar the Last Airbender: https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpombdbUjS1qceiz6o2_500.gif
That is all.
JeremyRedhead
That is SO funny.
Hey, do you think that Feral looks like Zuko?
unorthodox_yoyo
I think his character is similar: innocent childhood, son of a leader, a dark past that leads to a scarred face, afterwords he gets a bit rage-y, becomes friends with someone he hunted in the past, but still remaining angsty, internal battle between good and evil… and he’s got dark hair and is a good fighter.
I don’t know if I would say they LOOK similar though… the art styles are different enough that it’s hard for me to gauge if they would look similar in real life.
Goldmare
I agree that they are rather similar characters (I expect Feral would yell a lot, too, if he could). But I don’t think they would look alike, even drawn by the same artist, because Zuko has a more slender face and pale skin. Plus, there’s the natural racial differences (eyes, ears, etc.). They don’t even have the same eye colour.
Goldmare
I loved that scene! XDD